יְדוּתוּן
Yᵉdûwthûwn · yed-oo-thoon'
Jeduthun, an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: or יְדֻתוּן; or יְדִיתוּן; probably from H3034 (יָדָה); laudatory;
Jeduthun, an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jeduthun.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְדוּתוּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jeduthun8 · 47%
- and jeduthun3 · 18%
- jeduthun2 · 12%
- to jeduthun2 · 12%
- and of jeduthun1 · 6%
- even to jeduthun1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.